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| MATURE AND ADULT GAMES POLICY | Click here to review the site policy for mature and adult games. This game is flagged for mature content due to the potential for strong language and depictions of violence. This does not mean that these elements should be gratuitous or freely used. If at any point in time you feel that any content by any participant including myself is crossing the line please bring it to my attention in pm. |
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| GM FIAT | I reserve the right to have the final say on any rules disagreement or misunderstanding. Most of the rules of this game are pretty simplified but there are always things that are poorly written which do not always meet a consistent application. This does not mean that I do not encourage discussion and feedback when these matters occur. |
| CIVILITY RULE | Speaking of discussion and feedback, this should always be kept within the boundaries of civil and respectful decorum. This game board, much like the larger site which it is a part of, is a community and we are largely all here for the same reasons. To have fun and enjoy a roleplaying game experience in a play by post format. |
| NOTICES OF ABSENCE | If you know ahead of time that you will likely not be able to post for an extended period of time I only ask that you give us a heads up. I don't intend to enforce a posting requirement but I understand that RL can drop out of nowhere so I tend to adhere to the following policy:
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| SOUND CLIPS | This is not a rule, more of a notice really. I typically will craft short sound clips to encapsulate the mood or theme of a particular scene for my tabletop groups and I see no reason why I shouldn't do the same on this platform. An example can be found here on the Avachrus blurb. Of course you can skip these entirely but if you like them and want to use them I recommend opening them in a new tab and letting them play while reading the material. If you have any suggestions or feedback on them I am always open to it. I promise you it is impossible to hurt my feelings. |
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| SPECIES ALLOWED | TBD |
| ARCHETYPE FACTION ASCENSION | TBD ASCENSION RULES
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| THE 5B RULE | My approach to the dissemination of information might be a bit unusual or outside of what most expect. Some might think it holds up the game sometimes which is a fair criticism. If it comes to the point where it feels like it is affecting the game too much than it will be addressed. The basic idea is that I typically do not share all information to the group as a whole. If you have insight on a particular subject or point of interest that others might not have ready access to then I will only provide that information to you using the 5B Rule explained below. It is then up to you to convey that information through RP as you see fit. The 5B Rule
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| THE CORE MECHANIC | Original Rule: Whenever your character does something and the outcome is unclear or dramatically significant you should make a Test.
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| LONG RANGE MODIFIER | Original Rule: If your target is beyond Medium Range, they gain +2 Defence when you make a Ballistic Skill Test.
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| FULL DEFENCE | Original Rule: The duration of the benefit gained from using a full round action for defense is stated as lasting to the end of your turn. This is very impractical.
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| CRITICAL HITS | There is a very glaring contradiction in how critical hits are explained in the rule book and it comes down to these two statements.
These rules cannot both exist and work together. The way I handle this is to omit Point A entirely. So the New Rule looks like this:
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| SAVED BY THE HELM | This is not a change to any rule, I just think it's a cool twist to add realism and flavour. If an enemy or PC is wearing a helm with functioning built-in tech and is struck by a successful headshot they may ignore the effects of that headshot and replace with the following:
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